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Donia Human Rights Panel. The Hazards of Human Rights Reporting: Reports from the Field
Knight-Wallace Fellows: Clavel Rangel Jimenez and Tenzin Pema
Please join Clavel Rangel Jimenez (Venezuela) and Tenzin Pema (Tibet), two of this year's Knight-Wallace Fellows, as they discuss the challenges of reporting on human rights abuses by governments and other actors. Our panelists will offer comparative insights from their field experience and lessons for all of us seeking to understand violations happening beyond our borders.
Moderator: Lynette Clemetson
Lynette Clemetson is director of U-M's Wallace House Center for Journalists. She served previously as a director of new initiatives at NPR; domestic correspondent for The New York Times; and correspondent for Newsweek magazine in the U.S. and in Hong Kong. She works actively in support of global press freedom issues, serving on boards of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, PBS Frontline, the Knight Press Freedom Fellowship, and Forbidden Stories, an international news organization dedicated to completing the work of reporters who have been killed or threatened for their journalism.
Knight-Wallace Fellows:
Clavel Rangel Jimenez
Clavel Rangel Jimenez is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering labor unions, migration, human rights, climate, corruption and extractive industries in Venezuela and across the Americas. She co-founded the Venezuelan Amazon Journalists Network, an initiative that promotes investigative journalism, knowledge exchange and collaboration among reporters. Rangel began her career as a reporter and editor at Correo del Caroní, an award-winning regional newspaper in southern Venezuela, where she extensively covered the region. She later served as a correspondent at El Nacional and El Pitazo; as Editor-in-Chief of the firts Spanish-language newsletter Arepita; and as a Senior Editor at El Tiempo Latino in Washington, D.C. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Chicago Health Magazine, and Armando.info. Originally from Venezuela, she now resides in the United States.
Tenzin Pema
Tenzin Pema is a journalist of Tibetan origin with over two decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and newsroom leader in global media firms. She was most recently the Director of Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan Service, where she led critical and sensitive reporting on Tibet across multiple formats and platforms, including groundbreaking coverage of the Dege dam protests in 2024 that led to mass arrests, as well as transnational repression across borders and the erasure of Tibetan language and cultural identity in Tibetan monasteries and schools, and at the global level. She served as Editor of Strategic Initiatives at Economic Times and as Editorial Head at YourStory Media. She spent a decade with Reuters, where she was an Editor-in-Charge of teams covering different regions; there, she spearheaded the creation of a dual-language Middle East news team – a first for its Bengaluru newsroom. She holds a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in India.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Moderator: Lynette Clemetson
Lynette Clemetson is director of U-M's Wallace House Center for Journalists. She served previously as a director of new initiatives at NPR; domestic correspondent for The New York Times; and correspondent for Newsweek magazine in the U.S. and in Hong Kong. She works actively in support of global press freedom issues, serving on boards of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, PBS Frontline, the Knight Press Freedom Fellowship, and Forbidden Stories, an international news organization dedicated to completing the work of reporters who have been killed or threatened for their journalism.
Knight-Wallace Fellows:
Clavel Rangel Jimenez
Clavel Rangel Jimenez is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering labor unions, migration, human rights, climate, corruption and extractive industries in Venezuela and across the Americas. She co-founded the Venezuelan Amazon Journalists Network, an initiative that promotes investigative journalism, knowledge exchange and collaboration among reporters. Rangel began her career as a reporter and editor at Correo del Caroní, an award-winning regional newspaper in southern Venezuela, where she extensively covered the region. She later served as a correspondent at El Nacional and El Pitazo; as Editor-in-Chief of the firts Spanish-language newsletter Arepita; and as a Senior Editor at El Tiempo Latino in Washington, D.C. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Chicago Health Magazine, and Armando.info. Originally from Venezuela, she now resides in the United States.
Tenzin Pema
Tenzin Pema is a journalist of Tibetan origin with over two decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and newsroom leader in global media firms. She was most recently the Director of Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan Service, where she led critical and sensitive reporting on Tibet across multiple formats and platforms, including groundbreaking coverage of the Dege dam protests in 2024 that led to mass arrests, as well as transnational repression across borders and the erasure of Tibetan language and cultural identity in Tibetan monasteries and schools, and at the global level. She served as Editor of Strategic Initiatives at Economic Times and as Editorial Head at YourStory Media. She spent a decade with Reuters, where she was an Editor-in-Charge of teams covering different regions; there, she spearheaded the creation of a dual-language Middle East news team – a first for its Bengaluru newsroom. She holds a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in India.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Michigan League |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | China, Human Rights, Latin America |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Donia Human Rights Center, International Institute, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Wallace House Center for Journalists |
